Iran abolishes morality police amid ongoing nationwide protests
Dec 04, 2022, at 10:27 pm
Tehran: Iranian authorities have abolished the controversial morality police amid ongoing mass protests sparked by the death of a young woman in custody, media reported, citing Iranian Attorney-General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri.
Historic St Edward's Crown to be modified for King Charles's coronation in May
Dec 04, 2022, at 07:26 pm
London/IBNS: The historic St Edward's Crown has been removed from the Tower of London to be modified for the coronation of King Charles III next May, Buckingham Palace said.
High school in US' Massachusetts bans mobile phones: Report
Dec 04, 2022, at 06:18 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A high school in the United States called Buxton School, located in northwest Massachusetts, has banned the use of smartphones in high school after reports suggested that students no longer interacted with each other, media reports said.
US: Elon Musk polls Twitter users on exiled whistleblowers Edward Snowden, Julian Assange
Dec 04, 2022, at 05:10 pm
Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk has started a poll, asking the users whether whistle-blower Edward Snowden and WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange should be pardoned.
Israel strikes Gaza in response to rocket firing
Dec 04, 2022, at 04:12 pm
Gaza: Israeli fighter jets carried out a series of airstrikes on facilities belonging to militant groups in the Gaza Strip in response to rockets fired from the coastal enclave, Palestinian eyewitnesses said.
Afghanistan witnessing hunger, privation for second consecutive winter: Reports
Dec 04, 2022, at 05:38 am
Kabul: The US Institute for Peace (USIP) has released a report which showed Afghanistan is facing hunger and privation for a second winter in a row.
Three businessmen killed in Pakistan: Bannu Jirga threatens to launch protest drive
Dec 04, 2022, at 05:35 am
Lakki Marwat, Pakistan: The members of the Bannu Bachao Tehreek on Thursday threatened to launch a protest movement over the recent killing of three businessmen in the North Waziristan region of Pakistan, media reports said.
China’s zero-Covid protests: Twitter, Telegram rise in popularity
Dec 04, 2022, at 05:17 am
Beijing: An app market researcher has found social media platforms like Twitter and Telegram, which are blocked in mainland China and only accessible via virtual private networks (VPNs), have become popular in the country amid widespread protests and restrictions imposed due to COVID-19.
Dec 04, 2022, at 05:11 am
London: A local council in Britain has rejected a planning application to relocate the Chinese embassy to a historic site in East London near the Tower of London, media reports said on Saturday.
Ottawa 'police stations': Canada issues ‘cease and desist’ warning to China
Dec 04, 2022, at 05:02 am
Ottawa: Canadian authorities have now summoned Beijing’s ambassador following reports of a network of illegal Chinese “police stations” in the country, media reports said on Saturday.
China-funded bridge may raze coral reef in southern Philippines: Reports
Dec 04, 2022, at 04:55 am
Manila: A Chinese-funded bridge project which is likely to connect Davao city with Samal islands in the southern Philippines has put the coral reef ecosystem under threat.
Woman dies as 'rogue wave' hits Antarctic cruise ship
Dec 04, 2022, at 12:14 am
One passenger died when a 'rogue wave' hit their cruise ship near the southernmost tip of South America on an Antarctic cruise during a storm earlier this week, media reports said on Saturday.
Train with US military equipment derails in northern Greece
Dec 03, 2022, at 11:46 pm
Athens: A train with military equipment for US troops went off the rails near a port in the city of Alexandroupolis in northern Greece, the Greek Communist Party's (KKE) news portal 902.gr reported.
Uyghur activists demonstrate near Chinese Consulate in Istanbul
Dec 03, 2022, at 11:37 pm
Istanbul: Several Uyghur activists demonstrated near the Chinese Consulate in Istanbul against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) recently.
China: Fire breaks out at factory, five die
Dec 03, 2022, at 09:50 pm
Nanjing: At least five people died and two others were hurt as a fire broke out at a construction site in Xuzhou city of China, media reports said on Saturday.
Dramatic increase in Andaman Sea crossings, warns UN refugee agency
Dec 03, 2022, at 06:52 pm
New York: UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Friday, issued an alert over the dramatic increase in the number of people attempting to cross the Andaman Sea, from Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Myanmar: Secretive military courts sentence scores of people to death
Dec 03, 2022, at 06:48 pm
New York: Since last year’s military coup in Myanmar, military courts have sentenced more than 130 people to death behind closed doors, the UN human rights chief said on Friday, following the latest convictions announced this week.
Ukraine rights probe condemns 'multiplying' impact of war on children
Dec 03, 2022, at 06:41 pm
New York: A top UN Human Rights Council-appointed probe into potential rights abuses linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, outlined on Friday the “devastating” impact of the war on the country’s children.
UN health agency outlines ‘clear direction’ for reducing online violence against children
Dec 03, 2022, at 06:17 pm
New York: The World Health Organization (WHO) published a report on Friday aimed at helping stakeholders worldwide end the growing scourge of violence online against children.
Yemen: One person killed in mosque attack
Dec 03, 2022, at 06:11 pm
Cairo/UNI: One person died and 20 others were injured in a grenade attack at a mosque in Hadhramaut Governorate in eastern Yemen, a local government source told Sputnik.
China: Air traffic shrinks amid COVID lockdown, restrictions in several regions
Dec 03, 2022, at 06:02 pm
Beijing: China's air traffic movement is shrinking once again as lockdowns and several other restrictions have been imposed by authorities in different corners of the country to limit the Covid-19 surge.
Sri Lanka: Jaffna University VC refuses to sign MoU with China
Dec 03, 2022, at 05:54 pm
Jaffna, Sri Lanka: Jaffna University Vice Chancellor Sivakolundu Srisatkunarajah has refused to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between China’s State Agricultural University and University of Jaffna by stating that it has the hidden agenda of China to grab fertile lands under the pretext of development projects in the North and East.
Pakistan: Dir resident gets death, prison terms over blasphemy, other religious offences
Dec 03, 2022, at 05:31 pm
Peshawar: A Pakistani court has convicted a Lower Dir resident on the charges of committing blasphemy and other religious offences on social media and awarded death sentence, media reports said on Friday.
European Union reaches agreement on price cap on oil from at $60 per barrel
Dec 03, 2022, at 03:25 pm
Moscow: The European Union has reached an agreement on a $60 a barrel price cap for Russian oil after Poland dropped its objections.
Afghanistan: Key politician's office attacked in Kabul, 2 die
Dec 03, 2022, at 03:10 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan Islamic Political Party led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has confirmed his headquarters in Kabul city was attacked during Friday's prayer which left at least two attackers dead, media reports said.
Pakistani embassy in Kabul attacked, 1 hurt
Dec 03, 2022, at 02:38 pm
Kabul: Pakistan’s Head of Mission to Kabul Ubaid-ur-Rehman Nizamani has escaped an assassination bid after the foreign office was attacked on Friday, media reports said.
Taliban defends banning of VOA, RFE/RL, USAGM CEO slams
Dec 03, 2022, at 01:37 am
Kabul: The Taliban administration of Afghanistan has defended banning FM radio broadcasts from two U.S.-funded news media, including the Voice of America (VOA), in Afghanistan, by alleging that they were offending local laws.
Pakistan: Suicide attack on police truck leaves four people dead, TTP claims responsibility
Dec 03, 2022, at 12:03 am
Quetta: A suicide attack on a police truck in Baleli area of Pakistan on Wednesday left four people dead and 24 others injured, media reports said on Friday.
Legacy of slavery still scars society, blocks progress says UN chief
Dec 02, 2022, at 10:24 pm
New York: The legacy of the transatlantic slave trade “reverberates to this day”, just as modern-day enslavement is growing, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said.
Saudi Arabia: Quash death sentence for Jordanian convicted of drug offences, urge UN experts
Dec 02, 2022, at 10:06 pm
New York: Thirteen independent UN human rights experts raised concerns on Thursday over the planned execution by authorities in Saudi Arabia of a 57-year-old Jordanian citizen convicted for carrying amphetamine pills across the border in 2014, reminding that drug offences “do not meet the threshold for most serious crimes”.